Curtain-support.



PATENTED OCT. 29. 1907.

M. KEITH. CURTAIN SUPPORT.

APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 24, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 869,787. I PATENTED 001?. 29. 1907.

. M. KEITH. CURTAIN SUPPORT.

PATEN FFIGE.

MARION KEITH, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI CURTAIN-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0013.29, 1907.

Application filed b15824. 1907. Serial No. 380,626.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION KEITH, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Supports, of which the following is aspecilication containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a curtain support, my object being to provide a suitable supporting rod or pole for curtains, which is pivotally connected at one end in order that itmay readily swing and carry the curtain away from a position inrnediately in front of the window, which arrangement allows for free ventilation when the window is open, and also permits the window to be cleaned without soiling the curtain.

which the support is pivoted or hinged to the window frame; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a modified form of my improved curtain support where the same is used for an extra wide door or window; Fig. is a perspective view of a further modification of the support utilized for holding the two sets of curtains on the same window.

In the construction of the device as shown, 1 designates a plate with which is formed integral a vertically disposed bearing 2, and which plate is secured to one of the upper corners of a windowframe.

3 designates the main body portion of the support, which comprises a red, one end of which is bent vertically downward, as designated by 4, and said portion being journaled in the vertical bearing 2f Formed on or fixed to the opposite end of the supporting rod 3 is a vertically disposed rod 5, the ripper end of which is bent horizontally into a plane imme diately above and parallel with the supporting rod 3, as designated by 6; and said horizontally bent portion being normally engaged behind a hook 7 seated in the top portion of the window frame.

The top of the curtain is arranged on the rod 3 in any suitable manner, and depends. therefrom immediately in front of the window, and the lower portion of the curtain can be draped or hung on either side of the window desired.

When it is desired to swing the curtain away from the window in order to clean the latter, or for the purpose of ventilation, the rod 3'is elevated by manually engaging the lower portion of the rod 5 and lifting the horizontal portion 6 of the rod 5 above the upper end of the hook 7, during which movement the downwardly bent end 4 of the rod moves upward through the bearing 2; and, after this movement has been accomplished, the rod carrying the curtain can be swung outward and to one side away from the window. I

In the modification seen in Fig. 4-, one supporting rod extends half way across the windowor door frame, and .is provided at its free end with a vertically disposed bearing 8, in which is arranged the right hand end of a second supporting rod, and thus a support is provided for a pair of curtains in front of an extra wide door or window.

In the modification seen in Fig. 5, avertically disposed bearing 9 is formed on the front side of the rod 5, and the downwardly bent left hand end 10 of a sup.- porting rod 1] is arrangodto swing in said bearing 9, which rod '1 1. is normally positioned immediately in front of the rod 3, and is detachably engaged behind a hook 12 secured to the window casing adjacent the plate 1. Where this construction is made use of, one rod may be utilized for supporting the lace curtains, and the second rod for supporting a heavy curtain, such as portieres.

, My improved curtain support is very simple and inexpensive, easily positioned for use, and can be readily swung from one position to another.

I claim:'

1. The combination with a fixed bearing, of a horizontally disposed curtain supporting rod having one end bent vertically and arranged in the bearing, a vertically disposed rod integral with the opposite end of the curtain supporting rod, and the upper end of said vertically disposed rod being bent into a horizontal plane parallel with the curtain supporting rod, in order to engage the hook seated in the window frame. 2. A curtain support, comprising a horizontally disposed rod, a bearing engaging one end of said rod, which permits the same to swing horizontally and move vertically, a veriicnlly disposed rod integral with the opposite end of. the first mentioned rod, and a portion of the second mentioned rod being adapted to engage a hook seated in the window frame.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MARION KEITH.

Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH,

E. L. WALLACE. 

